Observations and Writings…With a Little Bit of Sass

Many moons ago, before alcohol poisoning via Four Loko was trendy, my sister and I popped a couple cans and revisited a favorite childhood classic, Man of the House. Remember that movie? With Jonathan Taylor Thomas (here on out referred to as JTT) and Chevy Chase? Here, let me refresh your memory: This movie was…

I was at my desk at work, engulfed in one thing or another, when my phone lit up with a new Google Hangouts notification. It was from my husband. “Hey, sweetest heart. I have a challenge for you, if you’d like to try it.” I was intrigued. My husband is unpredictable when it comes to…

This isn’t so much a “roundup” as it is more of a review of just one product: the Silk 18 Shampoo from Maple Holistics. Once again, Maple Holistics reached out to me to see if I would be willing to do a review for this product (see past reviews here and here), and I agreed….

Last Saturday, I completed the Terrain Race, a 5K obstacle course at the Spyder Mx Action Sports Complex in Wildwood, about an hour’s drive west of Orlando. It was my third obstacle course race since I started dabbling last year, and, while I didn’t get as filthy as I did at the Spartan Race, I…

Two weeks ago, I went with some friends to see Rachel Hollis presents: Made For More. While I took more away from the documentary than I thought I would, this post will not be about the movie. It will be about the snacks. As I mentioned on my podcast, I have been on a medically supervised…

So, I started a podcast. That’s a thing. I wanted to give it a few episodes before I started cross-promoting it to make sure it was going to be something I stuck with and that I was a good “fit” for the platform. Well, the latter is questionable, but I’m in it for the foreseeable…

I almost considered leaving the title of this post as just “2019” as I couldn’t be bothered to come up with something witty. Then I tacked on the rest because I felt like it still needed some sort of descriptor. Still not witty, but they can’t all be winners. And that’s the winning attitude I…

Last Sunday, I participated in my first ever Spartan Sprint. And now I’m hooked. For awhile now, I’ve been wanting to do some sort of mud run/obstacle course race, simply because it looked fun. Also, I figured if these bitches could do it, then I surely could. For those who don’t know, Spartan is one…

So the title of this post is a little dramatic. Amazon’s Alexa did not save my life. I was not in the midst of some crisis where I found myself teetering on the ledge of a building before shouting, “Alexa, should I jump?” and then heeding Alexa’s sage advice NOT to kill myself. What actually…

Today, during an afternoon shower, I started sobbing. I got to thinking about Mom. Again. When she passed, and during her funeral services, the tears wouldn’t come. There were plenty of tears in the the weeks after she was put in Hospice care, but when the time came to pay last respects? Dry as a…